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Published October 27, 2025 at 2:30PM

Village Place Technology Park in Gainesville, approved by the Prince William Board of County Supervisors in 2022

After more than two years of study, research, and public debate, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, to decide how strictly to regulate industrial noise from data centers.

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Features

UMW student leads Fredericksburg memorial honoring Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 26, 2025 at 7:00AM

University of Mary Washington student Madelaine McDonough speaks during a Turning Point USA memorial for Charlie Kirk at Hurkamp Park in Fredericksburg on Oct. 14, 2025.

Under soft park lights and the sound of worship music, University of Mary Washington junior Madelaine McDonough stood before dozens gathered in Hurkamp Park on October 14, 2025, to honor the life of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA.

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Stafford

Why Buc-ee’s Wants to Build at Exit 140 in Stafford County

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 24, 2025 at 3:25PM

We’re on location at Courthouse Road and Austin Ridge Drive — the proposed site of Stafford County’s new 74,000 sq. ft. Buc-ee’s travel center.

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Politics

Stafford GOP Rift Continues as Three-Way School Board Race Takes Shape

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 24, 2025 at 3:25PM | Updated October 24, 2025 at 6:30PM

Blackwell, Siegmund, Mojica

A split inside the Stafford County Republican Committee continues to shape one of the county’s most closely watched local races, as early voting enters its final week.

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Fredericksburg

New Crisis Center Will Bring Round-the-Clock Mental Health Care to Fredericksburg Region

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 24, 2025 at 1:00PM

Governor Glenn Youngkin and State Senator Tara Durant (R-27, Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania) joined local officials today to break ground on a new Crisis Receiving Center (CRC) — a $12 million facility that will provide 24-hour behavioral-health stabilization and care for residents in the Fredericksburg region.

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Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg moves closer to 2-way street plan

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 23, 2025 at 2:00PM | Updated October 25, 2025 at 10:55AM

Fredericksburg’s plan to convert several downtown one-way streets into two-way traffic—and add new bike lanes and pedestrian upgrades—now carries an estimated $7.7 million price tag, according to new engineering data presented to the city’s Planning Commission on October 22.

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Stafford

After a Marathon Hearing, Stafford Passes Sweeping Data Center Reforms

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 22, 2025 at 2:00PM | Updated October 22, 2025 at 5:44PM

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Stafford

Buc-ee’s Defends Stafford Plans as Residents Question Need for Another Gas Station

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 21, 2025 at 3:00PM

Hundreds of residents filled a community meeting room at Colonial Forge High School on Monday night to press representatives of Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based travel center chain, about its plans to build one of its massive stores at the northwest corner of Courthouse Road and Interstate 95 (Exit 140).

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Schools

‘Clown Show’ at School Board Meeting as Parents Battle Over Gender Rules

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 21, 2025 at 1:00PM

Shamgar Connors, a Stafford County parent, delivers remarks in costume during the Oct. 14, 2025, Stafford County School Board meeting. Connors has used satire at previous meetings to criticize the school division’s gender identity policies.

The October 14 Stafford County School Board meeting turned contentious as several residents used the public comment period to debate gender identity, religion, and what some described as “truth in education,” culminating with one parent calling the controversy “a manufactured crisis.”

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Stafford

After threat of 453 apartments, Stafford to vote on Garrison deal

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 20, 2025 at 2:26PM

A long-delayed plan to bring shops, homes, and a movie theater to Garrisonville Road faces a key vote Tuesday night, as the Stafford Board of Supervisors decides whether to approve a revised housing mix — or risk seeing 453 apartments built instead.

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